1 Wathi uAhitofele kuAbhisalom, Makhe ndinyule ishumi lamawaka elinamawaka amabini amadoda, ndisuke, ndimsukele uDavide ngobu busuku;
2 ndimfikele ediniwe, ewe izandla, ndimothuse; basabe bonke abantu anabo; ndibulale ukumkani yedwa;
3 ndibabuyisele kuwe bonke abantu; indoda leyo ufuna yona injengokungathi babuye bonke; boxola bonke abantu.
4 Lalunga elo zwi emehlweni ka-Abhisalom, nasemehlweni amadoda amakhulu onke akwaSirayeli.
5 Wathi uAbhisalom, Khawubize noHushayi waseArki, sive into esemlonyeni wakhe naye.
6 Weza uHushayi kuAbhisalom; wathi uAbhisalom kuye, UAhitofele uthethe eli lizwi wenjenje. Senze ngelizwi lakhe, singenzi ngalo, kusini na? Khawutsho wena.
7 Wathi uHushayi kuAbhisalom, Icebo uAhitofele acebisa lona alilungile okwangoku.
8 Wathi uHushayi, Wena uyamazi uyihlo namadoda akhe, ukuba ngamagorha amphefumlo ulugcalagcala, njengebhere ehluthwe amathole ayo ezindle; uyihlo yindoda eqhele ukulwa, akalali ebantwini.
9 Yabona, kungokunje uzimele emgongxweni, nokuba kukwenye indawo. Kothi ke, xa athe wabawela ekuqaleni, eve ovayo, athi, Kukho uxabelo ebantwini abamlandelayo uAbhisalom;
10 athi nomfo onobukroti, ontliziyo injengentliziyo yengonyama, anyibilike kuphele. Ngokuba onke amaSirayeli ayazi ukuba uyihlo ligorha, abo banaye ngamakroti.
11 Ndithi elam icebo, makahlanganiswe, ahlanganiselwe kuwe, onke amaSirayeli, athabathele kwaDan ese eBher-sheba, abe njengentlabathi engaselwandle ubuninzi, uye emfazweni ngesiqu.
12 Sofika ke kuye endaweni, apho afumaneke khona, sithi qatha phezu kwakhe, njengokulala kombethe emhlabeni, kungasali namnye kuye nakumadoda onke anaye.
13 Ke ukuba uthe warholela emzini, onke amaSirayeli ozisa izintya kuloo mzi, siwukrwiqilizele emlanjeneni, kude kungafumaneki nelityana khona.
14 Wathi uAbhisalom namadoda onke akwaSirayeli, Icebo likaHushayi umArki lilungile kunecebo lika-Ahitofele. UYehova wayemise ukuba litshitshiswe icebo elilungileyo lika-Ahitofele, ukuze uYehova amzisele ububi uAbhisalom.
15 Wathi uHushayi kuTsadoki nakuAbhiyatare ababingeleli, Wenjenje, wenjenje uAhitofele ukumpha icebo uAbhisalom namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli; ke mna ndenjenje, ndenjenje ukubapha icebo.
16 Thumelani ke ngoko kamsinya, nimxelele uDavide, nithi, Musa ukulala ngobu busuku emazibukweni entlango; khawuleza uwele, hleze aginywe ukumkani nabantu bonke anabo.
17 Ke kaloku uYonatan noAhimahatse babemi e-En-rogele; waye umkhonzazana emana ukubaxelela; baya ke bona baxelela ukumkani uDavide; ngokuba babengenakuya besiza phakathi komzi ekuhleni.
18 Umfana wababona, waxelela uAbhisalom. Bobabini ke basaba ngokukhawuleza, bafika endlwini yendoda eBhahurim ebinequla entendelezweni yayo, behla, behlela khona apho.
19 Intokazi yathabatha isigqubuthelo, yasitwabulula emlonyeni wequla elo, yaneka phezu kwaso irhasi engqushiweyo; ayaziwa ke loo nto.
20 Bafika abakhonzi baka-Abhisalom kuloo ntokazi endlwini, bathi, Baphi na ooAhimahatse noYonatan? Yathi loo ntokazi kubo, Bawele umlanjana lo unamanzi. Bafuna ke, ababafumana; babuyela eYerusalem.
21 Kwathi emva kokumka kwabo, baphuma equleni, baya bamxelela ukumkani uDavide; bathi kuDavide, Sukani niwele kamsinya emanzini; ngokuba wenjenje uAhitofele ukubapha icebo ngani.
22 Wesuka ke uDavide nabantu bonke anabo, bayiwela iYordan; kwathi kusasa kwabe kungasekho namnye ungayiwelanga iYordan.
23 Ebonile uAhitofele ukuba akwenziwanga ngelakhe icebo, wabopha iesile, wesuka, wagoduka, waya emzini wakhe, wayolela, wazikrwitsha wafa; wangcwatyelwa engcwabeni likayise.
24 UDavide wafika eMahanayim; uAbhisalom wayiwela iYordan, yena namadoda onke akwaSirayeli kunye naye.
25 UAbhisalom wammisa uAmasa esikhundleni sikaYowabhi phezu komkhosi. Ke uAmasa ebengunyana wendoda egama linguItra, engumYizereli, eyangena kuAbhigali intombi kaNahashe, udade boTseruya, unina boYowabhi.
26 AmaSirayeli noAbhisalom bamisa ezweni laseGiliyadi.
27 Kwathi, akufika uDavide eMahanayim, uShobhi unyana kaNahashe, waseRabha yakoonyana baka-Amon, noMakire unyana ka-Amiyeli, waseLo-debhare, noBharzilayi, waseGiliyadi waseRogelim,
28 bazisa iinkuko, nezitya, nemiphanda, nengqolowa, nerhasi, nomgubo, namakhweba neembotyi, neentlumaya, nezinye izinto ezigcadiweyo,
29 nobusi, namasi, nempahla emfutshane, nezonka zamasi enkomo, kuDavide nabantu abenabo, ukuze badle; kuba babesithi, Abantu balambile, batyhafile, banxaniwe entlango.